actor, singerBorn: 6/29/1901Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island Actor and singer known for his baritone voice. Nelson starred with Jeanette MacDonald in eight major musicals and operettas,…
country singer, songwriterBorn: 4/30/1933Birthplace: Abbott, Texas Grammy Award-winning country singer and songwriter known for his spare style and for inventing with Waylon Jennings progressive…
Born: Feb. 4, 1912Golfer 2-time winner of both Masters (1937,42) and PGA (1940,45); also U.S. Open champion in 1939; won 19 tournaments in 1945, including 11 in a row; also set all-time PGA stroke…
Born: May 25, 1919Radio-TV all-purpose play-by-play broadcaster for CBS, NBC and others; 4-time Sportscaster of the Year (1959-62); voice of Cotton Bowl for 25 years and NY Mets from 1962-78; given…
(Encyclopedia) Glueck, NelsonGlueck, Nelsongl&oobreve;k, glĭk [key], 1900–1971, American archaeologist and educator, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati, 1920, Ph.D. Univ. of Jena, Germany,…
(Encyclopedia) Goodman, Nelson (Henry Nelson Goodman), 1906–98, American philosopher, b. Somerville, Mass., grad. Harvard (Ph.D. 1941). He taught at Tufts (1945–46), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1946–…
(Encyclopedia) Dingley, NelsonDingley, Nelsondĭngˈlē [key], 1832–99, U.S. congressman (1881–99), b. Durham, Maine. For many years the editor of the Lewiston (Maine) Journal, he was also a state…
(Encyclopedia) Algren, NelsonAlgren, Nelsonôlˈgrən [key], 1909–81, American novelist, b. Detroit. He grew up in Chicago, and much of his fiction is set in the city's slums. His novels, such as Never…
(Encyclopedia) Nelson, Byron (John Byron Nelson, Jr.), 1912–2006, American golfer, b. Fort Worth, Tex. In 1926 he began playing golf as a caddie, and in 1932 he entered upon his professional career.…
